Service difficulty report · Splice · Doug MD11

Difficulty date
March 28, 2005
Submitted
April 25, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N576FE
Make and model
Doug MD11
Aircraft serial
48501
Aircraft time
44,668 hours, 9,069 cycles
Part
Splice
Part number
AFA7181509
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CABIN, STA 1641-1661 RT LONGITUDINAL SPLICE AT L11 SUSPECT CRACKED AT FASTENERS HOLES AS MARKED. LONGITUDINAL SPLICE AT STA 1641 TO 1661 RT L-11 REMOVED NEW SPLICE, FABRICATED FROM 1D0755T7150T61511 AS PER DRAWING AFA7181. FPI INSPECTION CARRIED OUT AND FOUND NO EVIDENT OF CRACK. FABRICATED SPLICE REPROTECTED AND PART MARK: AFA 7181-509. FABRICATED SPLICE LOCATED AND INSTALLED BETWEEN STA 1641 TO 1661 RT L-11 AS PER DRAWING NFA6009.

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